Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 57.5 years in 1985: 59.2 for women and 55.8 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 30,279,749 people died; 23.3% of them were 65 or older and 41.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

57.5

Women

59.2

Men

55.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

90.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

133.6

Deaths

30,279,749

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.4

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

299

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

226

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	92.55	101.24	59.3	55.8
1-4	12.48	11.79	63.9	60.6
5-9	3.32	3.27	63.0	59.4
10-14	1.73	1.83	59.1	55.3
15-19	2.28	2.63	54.6	50.8
20-24	2.78	3.68	50.1	46.5
25-29	3.10	3.94	45.8	42.3
30-34	3.50	4.38	41.5	38.1
35-39	4.20	5.40	37.2	33.9
40-44	5.20	7.04	32.9	29.7
45-49	6.67	9.71	28.7	25.7
50-54	9.48	13.91	24.6	21.8
55-59	13.86	20.19	20.7	18.2
60-64	22.04	30.59	17.0	14.9
65-69	33.83	45.22	13.6	11.9
70-74	52.93	68.08	10.7	9.3
75-79	83.46	103.48	8.2	7.1
80-84	127.77	154.72	6.1	5.4
85-89	189.54	225.36	4.6	4.0
90-94	268.67	314.59	3.5	3.0
95-99	364.53	414.41	2.6	2.4
100+	489.62	553.62	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1985

Year

Country